Japan in demographic crisis! The number of elderly people reaches a record high
2024-09-17 12:57:56
TiranaPost
Japan's elderly population has reached a record 36.25 million people, with those aged 65 and over now making up almost a third of Japanese people, according to government data.
The population of people over 100 years old in Japan has exceeded 95 thousand for the first time.
About 20.53 million of those aged 65 and over are women, while 15.72 million are men, the ministry said.
The data also showed that a record 9.14 million seniors were employed last year, accounting for one in seven workers.
Japan is facing a worsening demographic crisis as a shrinking number of working-age people face rising health care and welfare costs for the elderly.
A study published last year by the Recruit Works Institute, a think tank in Tokyo, said Japan could face a shortage of more than 11 million workers by 2040 due to its shrinking population.
Japan is currently home to the world's oldest living person, Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908 and is 116 years old.
